Hsker4life

I love the pick, and love that we didn't have to give up our other 1st rounder. Allen has certain tools that are better than arguably anyone in the history of the NFL draft. He has other areas that need MUCH work, obviously, but so do all of the QBs in this draft. Insanely strong arm, quick release, big, athletic and a hard worker with a chip on his shoulder. I like it.

These tweets quoting songs and movies that were made when he was 14-17 years old should be a complete non-issue.

I would feel more than okay with it. EJ Manuel was projected to go (by most) late in the 1st round at best. Many had him going in the 2nd or even lower. It was a reach. Drafting Allen in the Top10 is not a reach.

Internet Tough Guy is tough.

You I didn't say teams are high on him, although I imagine they are. I did say, however, that many football experts are high on him. I also have formulated my own opinion on the QBs, but I'm not naive enough to flip out if/when people who know a lot more about football than anyone here make a particular draft choice, including trading up to land their #1 QB.

A lot of football experts, who do this football thing for a living (and have for decades), are very high on Allen's potential as an NFL QB. If the staff is confident that he can be a franchise QB, I'm more than okay with trading up into the Top5 to land him. Sure, in a perfect world I'd rather wait until 12 or make a slight trade and still get him, but if he's your franchise QB, go get him.

IMO 1. Darnold 2. Allen 3. Rosen 4. Mayfield 5. Rudolph

There are also countless examples of highly successful QBs at the college level who do little at the NFL level.